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UN to include rival assembly in Libya peace talks
 The UN will widen a new round of negotiations aimed at ending Libya’s continuing political crisis by including a rival assembly challenging the recognised government, its special envoy said late on Monday. Libya has had two rival governments and parliaments ever since a group called Libya Dawn seized Tripoli in August, installing its cabinet and forcing the recognised Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thinni flee to the east. The UN's first round of talks in September brought together the elected House of Representatives and members from the city of Misrata linked to Libya Dawn who had boycotted the assembly. A second round of talks was supposed to start on Tuesday after the first produced no progress. UN Special Envoy Bernadino Leon said during a visit to Tripoli that they would be postponed until next week. Leon said the talks would include members of a rival assembly in Tripoli, the General National Congress (GNC), the country’s previous assembly reinstated by the new rulers in the capital. He might find it hard to sell the inclusion of the GNC to the House of Representatives when he visits its members based in the remote eastern city of Tobruk on Tuesday. Leon dodged a question whether his plans means the UN is dropping its position that the house is the sole legitimate assembly. Posted by: ryuge 2014-12-10 |
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